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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1725 · Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Pedralbes

religious

In this painting the figures take up almost all of the pictorial space, the background is quite summary, mainly consisting of sky. Just a few palm trees on the left and some rocks serve to indicate the location of the figures. This is because the viewpoint is an extremely low one, the figures are portrayed as if we are seeing them from some way beneath.

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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

About the Artist

Giambattista Pittoni

1687 – 1767

Venetian painter of religious, historical, and mythological pictures. He was very popular in his day and ranks as one of the best contemporaries of Tiepolo, whom he succeeded as President of the Venice Academy of Painting, 1758-61. Pittoni never left Italy, but he nevertheless received important foreign commissions from the Swedish, Austrian, and German courts. His early work was much indebted to Piazzetta and Sebastiano Ricci, but his style later became lighter and more colourful under the influence of Tiepolo.

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